The Beagle 2 environmental sensors: Science goals and instrument description

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1141-1156

  Towner, M C ^a   Patel, M R ^a   Ringrose, T J ^a   Zarnecki, J C ^a   Pullan, D ^b   Sims, M R ^b   Haapanala, S ^c   Harri, A M ^c   Polkko, J ^c   Wilson, C F ^d   Zent, A P ^e   Quinn, R C ^f   Grunthaner, F J ^g   Hecht, M H ^g   Garry, J R C ^h  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Environment; Instrumentation; Mars

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS; PLANETS; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT LANDING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR SUITE (ESS); ENVIRONMENTAL SENSORS; INSTRUMENTATION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 9244237581     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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